Jakob the Liar

1999 "When all hope was lost, he invented it."
6.5| 2h0m| PG-13| en| Drama, Comedy
Storyline

In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out after curfew. While waiting for the German Kommondant, Jakob overhears a German radio broadcast about Russian troop movements. Returned to the ghetto, the shopkeeper shares his information with a friend and then rumors fly that there is a secret radio within the ghetto.

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Columbia Pictures

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  • Jakob the Liar Cast
Robin Williams as Jakob Heym
Liev Schreiber as Mischa
Hannah Taylor-Gordon as Lina Kronstein
Alan Arkin as Max Frenkfurter
Michael Jeter as Avron
Bob Balaban as Kowalsky
Armin Mueller-Stahl as Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum
Éva Igó as Lina's Mother
Mark Margolis as Fajngold